A drunk airline passenger who stripped naked on the tarmac and challenged the flight captain to a fight had to be tasered by police.

The burly, tattooed 52-year-old was caught on video stripping to his black underpants, shouting and remonstrating after stepping off the easyJet flight from Malta to Manchester.

He then removed the underpants and was given a hard slap across the face by his female companion before putting his clothes back on.

The stripper, who has not been identified, but spoke with a Manchester accent, also urinated on the side of the Terminal One building at Manchester Airport.

He was later tasered and arrested by the police.

Trouble reportedly began mid-flight when the man became abusive and started swearing at fellow passengers.

A spokesman for Greater Manchester Police said: "At 9.50am on Thursday September 26 2013, police were called to Terminal One arrivals of Manchester Airport following reports a man was drunk and being abusive to passengers on a flight from Malta.

"As he left the plane, he took his clothes off and urinated against a wall.

"A 52-year-old man was stunned using an electronic stun gun and arrested on suspicion of being drunk and disorderly in a public place.